Peter Cho		pcho@media.mit.edu
education	MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge, MA Master of Science degree in Media Arts and Sciences, June 1999. Member of the Aesthetics and Computation Group, led by John Maeda. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Design, and Computation, with minors in Architecture and Music, graduated June 1997. Member of Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society and Pi Tau Sigma mechanical engineering honor society. Santa Rosa High School, Santa Rosa, CA Valedictorian in class of 450, graduated June 1993.
experience	Imaginary Forces  Sept 99—present Digital designer for the film, broadcast, motion design studio. Aesthetics and Computation Group, MIT Media Lab  Sept 96—May 99 Thesis research project explored custom computation models for expressive, dimensional typography. Maedastudio, Lexington, MA  June—August 1997 Consulted with the digital and print media design studio. Developed designs for various print and interactive projects including the Maedastudio website. Jessica Helfand Studio, New York, NY  June—August 1996 Interned for the small new media and graphic design studio. Contributed to the design of several projects: the studio website and the Mixing Messages exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum. Interactive Cinema, MIT Media Lab  May 1995—May 1996 Designed interface and graphic elements for a cd-rom/web hyper-portrait project about Jerome B. Wiesner. Building Technology Department, MIT  February—May 1995 Assisted in building a displacement ventilation system in a scale model office and in using video to visualize and analyze gas flow within the model. Center for Advancement of Visual Studies, MIT  September 1994—January 1995 Designed a word-image based language for visually disabled people. Tested word-images and poems using the scanning laser opthalmoscope, a diagnostic tool which projects images onto the retina. Desktop Publishing, Santa Rosa, CA  June—August 1993 Created advertisements, logos, newsletters, and other designs.
skills	Experience in Java, C, C++ and Visual Basic programming, Open GL, Open Inventor, After Effects, Maya, AutoCAD, 3DStudio, Macromedia Flash, Photoshop, QuarkXPress. Knowledge of French, Korean, Spanish. Interests include piano and pottery.